if I do expect(img).not.toBe(null)
then I get an error:
Error: expect called with WebElement argment, expected a Promise. Did you mean to use .getText()?
. I don't want to get the text inside an img, I just want to know if the tag exists on the page.
describe('company homepage', function() {
it('should have a captcha', function() {
var driver = browser.driver;
driver.get('http://dev.company.com/');
var img =driver.findElement(by.id('recaptcha_image'));
expect(img.getText()).not.toBe(null);
});
});
Passes but I'm not sure it is testing the right thing. Changing the id to something that doesn't exist does fail.
How do I properly test for a tag to exist with protractor in a non-angular app context?
Edit 2:
Per Coding Smackdown below, an even shorter answer is now available in protractor:
expect(element(by.id('recaptcha_image')).isPresent()).toBe(true);
Edit 1:
I discovered isElementPresent() today which is just a more readable shortcut for what I described below. See: http://www.protractortest.org/#/api
Usage for you would be:
driver.isElementPresent(by.id('recaptcha_image')).then(function(present){
expect(present).toBe(false);
})
Old answer (this works but the above is more reader friendly)
In general you should use findElements (or $$ which is an alias for findElements by css) if you're not sure a tag will be there. Then test for the array length. FindElement (and $) will just throw an error if it cant find the element.
Therefore instead of
var img =driver.findElement(by.id('recaptcha_image'));
expect(img.getText()).not.toBe(null);
use:
driver.findElements(by.id('recaptcha_image')).then(function(array){
expect(array.length).not.toBe(0);
})
Also, getText() returns a promise which is why you're getting that error.
Using the latest Protractor build you can shorten it down to the following:
expect(element(by.id('recaptcha_image')).isPresent()).toBe(true);